Economic strength is the foundation of a country's strength, but at any time, the strength of economic strength will not be a reliable guarantee of a strong country, only the strength of military strength is the only reliable basis for the country's strength, which has long been proved by the history of China and foreign countries, not to mention anything else, take the Song Dynasty as an example, the Song Dynasty at that time, whether the economic strength of the Northern Song Dynasty or the Southern Song Dynasty was the strongest in the world at that time, but what about the end? It's not that he was beaten by Jin and Meng Yuan.

Today's Qing Dynasty is still the strongest in the world in terms of comprehensive economic strength, but its military strength has lagged behind the times, not only in terms of weapons and equipment, but also in tactical thinking and command structure - the navy is still better, after all, Yinzuo has invested a huge amount of money to build several fleets that are quite advanced in armament, and has also set up a navigation school, and the management organization of the fleet is also close to the mainstream of today's navy, but what about the army? It is still an "indigenous" army dominated by broadswords and spears, and its command structure and tactical thinking are still stuck in the era of cold weapons.

Seeking change is a matter of course - with the current national defense strength of the Qing Dynasty, it can barely be done if you want to resist the enemy outside the country, after all, the only power bordering the Qing Dynasty is Russia, which is not too powerful, but it is far from enough to compete for the forest of world powers, and if the status quo remains unchanged, in the near future, with the rapid development of the world's firearms innovation, the Qing Dynasty will not be able to resist the enemy outside the country. Rather than waiting until someone is hurt to ask for change, it is better to change first, Yinzuo has a clear understanding of this, but the problem is that he is clear, the courtiers are not clear, and the old-fashioned Eight Banners magnates may not necessarily agree with Yinzuo's desire to change, it will not work to force change, even if Yinzuo is a strong emperor - the ancestral system is there, if Yinzuo insists on going his own way despite the opposition of the courtiers, if he is not careful, the result is likely to not even be able to keep his own throne.

The Eight Banners in the Qing Dynasty has always been the most reliable guarantee of the country's armed forces, the reason why it is said is because the children of the Eight Banners live for only one purpose, that is, to be soldiers, they have to practice horseback archery since they were young, and they have to participate in the assessment twice a year, and the punishment for those who fail to pass the test is very heavy, only those who have good assessment results can join the army and receive more food and salary, otherwise they can only get the basic banner person subsidy. The life of the banner people who can't enter the army is very poor, even if Yinzuo makes a Eight Banners firm, which can be regarded as solving the living problem of the surplus banner people of the Eight Banners, but the treatment of the army or not is still a huge gap, and it is precisely because of this that the messengers stationed in Dongying will be so sought-after.

Horseback riding and archery are all technical work, and they can't be skilled without long-term training, and the advantage of the children of the Eight Banners is here, but what about the army in the firearms era? A peasant kid who doesn't know anything can be regarded as a barely qualified soldier as long as he undergoes three or four months of intensive training, so that the advantage of the Eight Banners' skillful bow and horse skills is gone, and those Eight Banners magnates are not fools, how can they agree with Yinzuo's innovative measures? It is undoubtedly difficult to convince the powerful people of the Eight Banners, but no matter how difficult it is, Yinzuo has to do it - without the support of the Eight Banners, a group of brothers can let Yinzuo sit on the throne safely? Therefore, Yinzuo had to be careful and careful.

Yinzuo never fights uncertain battles, military reform is the first step in the reform of Yinzuo's political system, there is no room for any mistakes, the preparations made in advance have to be done in private, Yuanzhuo first year April 29, the court issued a will, summoned the three banners of the main and deputy capital to raise the heart of the palace to discuss.

According to the Qing system, the three banners are the emperor's personal soldiers, and all the bannermen of the three banners are the emperor's minions, but it is not a simple thing to get the approval of these slaves.

"The slave waits to see the master, and I say hello to the master." As soon as a group of people from the three banners walked into the Heart Cultivation Palace, they immediately knelt on the ground and paid homage to Yinzuo.

"Let's get up, I have been busy with government affairs since I succeeded to the throne, and I have never had time to gather with you and other good students, how to say that you are all my minions, I am familiar with you when I dived, but it is not a little time, I happen to be free today, so I will call you and others to gather by the way, and I will also wait for you to talk and talk about your heart." Yinzuo, who was sitting at the top, greeted with a smile.

"Slave waits for Lord Long." The group of people kowtowed respectfully, and then got up and stood up.

"Eshan, I heard that your fourth son brought back a lot of money from Dongying, and also abducted a few Dongying beauties, that hun boy has a good life, why didn't you honor you, a few of you?" Yinzuo joked with a smile.

Eshan, as the Yellow Banner Commander, has always been the backbone of the Eight Banners, and was cleaned up by Yinzuo earlier, knowing how powerful Yinzuo is, although he knows that Yinzuo called them to come is definitely not as simple as chatting, but he doesn't dare to ask more, at this time, seeing Yinzuo joking with himself, the old face is rare red, and he smiled hehehe: "Master Mingjian, the slave is a lot older, and he can't play those things for a long time, hehe, I want to think about it, but I don't have the energy to toss." ”

Eshan's words amused the whole room and couldn't help laughing, Yinzuo laughed and pointed at Eshan and said: "You old thing, people are not old, I don't believe you can be so honest." That's it, that's it, don't talk about such a messy thing, well, Eshan, I helped you settle the account, since the establishment of the Eight Banners firm, your family has received a total of 250,000 taels of silver, right? ”

Eshan didn't know why Yinzuo suddenly mentioned this, his heart couldn't help but tighten, and he hurriedly replied: "If you go back to the master, if you don't count the little dog brought back from Dongying, it's really this number, I don't know ...... master."

"Well, that's good." Yinzuo nodded but did not continue the topic, and suddenly turned to the Zhengbaiqi Dutong Herta, and said with a slight sadness: "Hertha, I know that your eldest son and second son are not in the battle of the Karawusu River, I am very sad, well, I have already asked people to set up a monument outside the **, but all the soldiers who died in the battle of our dynasty are listed on it, and I have to pay tribute in person every Qingming Festival." ”

The Hertha family has four sons, in addition to the eldest son and the second son who died in battle, the third son and the youngest son are currently in the Xining army, Hertha is strong, and is the most belligerent person in a group of Ziman and Han Eight Banners. ”

"Good! I love to hear this, and I will not forget your loyalty, and I will definitely send troops to conquer the Jungar Department again, and seek justice for the martyrs who died in the Qing Dynasty. Yinzuo said excitedly.

"Slaves are willing to serve the work of dogs and horses, and fight on the battlefield for their masters, even if they die!" The generals immediately fell to their knees and swore aloud.

"Okay, this is my intimate minion, I am very relieved." Yinzuo Huo Ran stood up, walked down the front pier very excitedly, paced in front of a group of people, and said with a weak hand: "Hurry up, hurry up, I can have such a loyal minion, it is my blessing." ”

"The minion is waiting for the master Longen." A group of people are all pretending to be in tears, even if there are no tears, they have to squeeze out a few drops when they get to this job, or how can they show their loyalty?

Well, the atmosphere is almost up, it's time to get down to business. Yinzuo accepted it when he saw it, and changed his words and said: "I am rich all over the world, but if I can give you wait, I will never be ambiguous, well, the Eight Banners business is now growing stronger and stronger, and you can have silver to take, I am very happy to look at it, but I still have hidden worries in my heart, alas." ”

Eshan is an old fox, as soon as he heard Yinzuo's words, he knew that he was going to get to the point, the two old eyes rolled, but he didn't answer, Hertha was anxious, and the first one said: "Don't worry, master, who dares to get along with the master, the minions will cut off his dog's head!" ”

"Well, I can trust your loyalty, I'm thinking about one thing, well, you also know how many times I have gone on a westward expedition before and after the Qing Dynasty, but I always failed to do my best, is it that my Qing soldiers don't work hard, or my Qing soldiers are not heroic? I don't think these are any reasons, the battle of the Karawusu River, my 60,000 soldiers of the Qing Dynasty were blood-stained on the battlefield, and none of them were greedy for life and afraid of death, but in the end, it was still ...... Alas, every time I think of this, my heart is uncomfortable, I originally planned to continue the campaign against Zhunger this year, but when I encountered a natural disaster, I could not do anything. Alas, I can't watch the blood of the soldiers on the front line shed in vain, and I am determined to equip my soldiers of the Qing Dynasty with the best weapons to seek justice for the martyrs who died in battle! Yinzuo said with a resolute face.

The whole group shouted loudly, but Eshan's face changed rapidly, lowered his head and thought about it, and asked in a low voice: "What the master said is a firearm?" ”

"Yes, it is a firearm, I have asked the Ministry of Industry to produce a new type of guns, and I am going to select a battalion of soldiers and horses to be reequipped in the near future to test its combat effectiveness." Yinzuo glanced at Eshan and said: "I plan to reorganize the army, and all the selected soldiers will be assessed, well, tentatively 1,000 people, 200 people per banner in the three banners, and the rest of the Manchu and Han eight banners will be selected according to the best." ”

"Master, slave ......" Eshan paused, swallowed and said: "Master, the emperor has a will, and the art of firearms has the way of heirloom of bows and horses, this ......"

A group of originally excited Eight Banners were all unified at this time to understand what Yinzuo called them for, all of them looked at each other, and they couldn't help but be a little flustered in their hearts, not for the sake of the old man Kangxi's last life, but to care about whether they can keep the power in their hands - first, according to the Qing system, the composition of the army is the Eight Banners, who can join the army, the Eight Banners have a great right to speak, and second, the advantage of the Eight Banners is the bow horse, and as soon as the firearms are on, the advantage of the Eight Banners is less than half of Tai, How can we hold back the green camp? In the army, it is all about who has the biggest fist and who speaks loudly.

, I knew that Eshan would jump out, hey, Lao Tzu has been waiting for you for a long time. Yin Zuo smiled and said: "The first emperor made cupola cannons and sub-mother bombs are all innovative moves, why didn't you see Lord E jump out to oppose it at that time?" Well? Besides, I plan to take out some shares from the Eight Banners firm, and all the children of the Eight Banners who enter the new army can get double the shares. ”

"Master, this double stake is ......" Eshan rolled his eyes and asked in a low voice.

"I am the major shareholder of the Eight Banners Firm, these shares are naturally paid out from my share, I plan that if the firearms battalion can succeed, all the Eight Banners Battalion that changes clothes in the future will get double the shares." Yinzuo smiled and said.

A bunch of people are not stupid, everyone will settle accounts, this double share is a large amount of income, there is the right to recommend, just recommend people to join the army can get a lot of money from it, and then the eight banners first change clothes, first test, how to get started earlier than the green battalion, although there may be some trouble in the future, but for the sake of money, it is not unacceptable - change or not to change the costume but double the shares, if it is really an edict, the flag battalions are not rushing to change their clothes is strange.

"Slaves should obey their masters' orders! Serve the master and never give up! "For the sake of money, a bunch of people are shouting slogans loudly.

"Well, that's good, I'm very relieved to see where your loyalty is, okay, this matter is settled, tomorrow morning, I still expect you to wave the flag for me, all kneel in peace." Yin Zuo laughed and waved his hand to signal everyone to retreat.

Hey, a bunch of money-hungry guys, once the court talks are over, once the new army is formed, it's too late to cry. Yinzuo looked at the retreating capitalists, the corners of his mouth curved, and a mysterious smile was revealed......

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